SCFZ

Polling the films of director Fred Zinnemann

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Zinnemann films you've seen, up to a maximum of 5. So if you've seen seven of his films, for example, you can list only a top 3. It's only if you've seen ten or more of his films than you can list the maximum of five.

- i'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. unranked ballots are fine.

- deadline for ballots: next Friday, in seven days, whatever day that is

- if anyone is watching films for these polls, then i'll extend the deadline up to three days, if someone requests an extension

- next poll: whoever posts the first ballot in this thread is free to nominate the director we poll next, unless you've nominated in this round already (everyone should get a chance). Already nominated this round: no one

umbugbene created an index on letterboxd of all of our previous polls here: letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/

one rule for nominees: at least 3 scfzers need to have seen 10+ of a nominee's films, or at least 4 scfzers need to have seen at least 8 of the nom's films, so if it isn't clear if that will be the case, we'll confirm that's true before moving forward

if 24 hours pass after a poll opens, and no one eligible to nominate has posted a ballot, then i'll nominate someone, and then we'll start over, and everyone will be able to nominate again

we're starting from a clean slate, so first person to post a ballot, feel free to nominate our next director!

i'm assuming zinnemann will work without us needing extended rules

Act of Violence
A Man for All Seasons
Day of the Jackal
The Men
High Noon

seen ten -- edit, watched redes which was interesting, seen 11

Seen 13

1. Five Days One Summer
2. Behold a Pale Horse
3. Menschen am Sonntag
4. Act of Violence
5. Redes

5.

The Day of the Jackal

the day of the jackal

funny just how much being a punching bag for auteurists has damaged his reputation...

Zinnemann is great, but I haven't seen much. Love 3 out of 4 seen, though.

01. High Noon (1952)
02. Act of Violence (1948)

Zinnemann seen: 4

For my nomination let's test the waters with the directors listed below. If none of them work I have a couple easy alternates. I'm assuming no one's gone on a Dearden or Bellocchio binge since my last turn when I proposed their names.

Jean-Jacques Beineix (I've seen 8)
René Clément (9)
Christian Petzold (5)
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (15)
Henri-Georges Clouzot (8)

1. day of the jackal. saw on tv as a kid. that ending! blew! my! mind!

No computers, no car chases, no explosions, but plenty of cravats, Citroëns, and Gauloises.

-- someone on letterboxd

2. oklahoma!

seen 8, these two multiple times

beineix - 0
clement - 3
petzold - 1
makmalbahf - 4
clouzot - 5

not much help i'm afraid

5 Petzold
6 Clouzot

rischka wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:47 pm
petzold - 1

U need to watch Transit asap

Was also thinking about nominating Zinnemann. Been slacking with these lately but definitely gonna watch Act of Violence as I have been meaning to for ages.

Seen: 4.

1. The Day of the Jackal
2. A Man for All Seasons

Fred Zinnemann - 0
Jean-Jacques Beineix - 0
René Clément - 1
Christian Petzold - 1
Mohsen Makhmalbaf - 0
Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1

have long been meaning to watch a man for all seasons, though... maybe just cause of the great bee gees song

Jean-Jacques Beineix: 3
René Clément: 4
Christian Petzold: 7
Mohsen Makhmalbaf: 5
Henri-Georges Clouzot: 5

Seen 8

1. From Here to Eternity
2. The Day of the Jackal
3. The Nun's Story
4. High Noon

Seen 8

From Here to Eternity
The Nun's Story
The Day of the Jackal
High Noon

Caracortada, I like your ballot!

Seen 12. My votes go to:
1. High Noon (1952)
2. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
3. From Here to Eternity (1953)
4. A Man for All Seasons (1966):
5. Julia (1977)

Jean-Jacques Beineix - 3
René Clément - 12
Christian Petzold - 5
Mohsen Makhmalbaf - 2
Henri-Georges Clouzot - 8

i've seen 10 makhmalbaf films, no more than 4 or 5 of the others... edit - i guess it's better if i write that out the same way as everyone else:

Mohsen Makhmalbaf - 10

Petzold: 15
Brother Mohsen: 8
Clouzot: 7

3 Petzold and 4 Clouzot ;(

13 clouzot, 2 makhmalbaf, 3 clement, 4 beineix

will post a zinnemann list in a bit

An underrated director. As someone above said, the "auteurists" really destroyed his reputation. A pity: he made a number of excellent films, and even his failures are interesting ones. Once more listing some less-seens (of my 13):

1. Act of Violence
2. The Search
3. Teresa
4. The Seventh Cross
5. Behold a Pale Horse

Makhmalbaf 8 (only?), Clouzot 4 (only?), the rest a negligible number, except the guy I dunno who he is.

Oklahoma!
From Here to Eternity
Act of Violence
The Day of the Jackal
A Man for All Seasons

i confess to enjoying oklahoma, especially gloria grahame as ado annie. it's a much darker film than people think

https://youtu.be/M6pmZE1Qtyw

some pretty good musical numbers too!

Umbugbene wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:42 pm For my nomination

would you be able to look over the replies to your post, and pick the director you'd like to go with, accounting for the views? someone needs to have seen 10+, and if two others have seen 7+ then the director should work

Looks like only Makhmalbaf and Clouzot would work. Clément comes close. Let's go with Clouzot.

jean-jacques beineix (0)
rené clément (1)
christian petzold (1)
mohsen makhmalbaf (2)
henri-georges clouzot (2)

apparently, i like movies a little bit more than holymanm, but a lot lot less than everyone else...